17 thoughts on “Hamburg ’82”

  1. STINKFOOT– Essentially performed as it was always performed, with the standard deviation coming in Frank’s solo. Hearing this song on this tour is like visiting with a long lost friend. To me, this song will always be strongly associated with the Zappa of the mid-70’s, when this tune haunted practically every damn show [sometimes that’s a good thing (’74), sometimes its bad (’76)]. When the song pops up here, it seems as if it just does not belong. It seems out of place. A stranger in a strange land. Of course, none of this matter once Frank steps forth and rips out the nastiest and most demented solos “Stinkfoot” ever bore witness to. So that’s what a choking poodle sounds like?
    (from the ‘We’Re Only In It For The Touring’ page.)

  2. Ahh, KUR on a friday morning.
    Is anything better?
    Sincerely, these shows make my Friday mornings even better!

  3. Amen! So true. KUR rocks my fridays. For additional rock power, I recommend Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny or the 10.21.2001 show at archive.org. Life is good.

  4. A big thanks for all the great Zappa concerts to all you guys.

    Life would not be the same without a little Zappa every friday.:-)

  5. I have to admit that sometimes I don’t scrutinize these ’82 band concerts (‘yet *another* version of ____? ho hum..’) but this boot proves why one needs must be careful not to get too blase: Frank is playing his ass off on several tunes here, and the band sounds really great. Let me in on this group hug!

  6. Interesting about this tour is the fact that Frank stated at most concerts this being his “last european tour for ever and ever”. He was not very communicative through this show (verbally). The mood was very anti-american in those days all over Europe, because of the rockets they intended to install there (the cold war). I never understood why Frank took this so personally.

    M.

  7. Where could you get these records from?I don’t mind!Continue more and more this altruistic habit! THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. Omigod he MUST’VE been having fun that night:
    Cosmik Debris
    Sinister Footwear
    Marqueson’s Chicken
    King Kong
    No No Cherry
    The Man From Utopia
    Bobby Brown
    Strictly Genteel
    Advance Romance
    Not only did he break out of the R & B medley, but he actually played a song after Strictly Genteel. Talk about a dream concert!!!!!!!
    CHEERS!!!!

  9. I forgot to mention the solos from Cosmik to Kong and that Bobby Brown….. I wonder who was in the audience that made him sing that instead of the rest of the R & B.

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